Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio and television mirror
Date:
Jan-June 1950
Publisher:
New York : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)
Leaf #:
00014
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Radio Mirror (later known as Radio and Television Mirror) was a fan magazine for radio listeners and later TV viewers that includes profiles of the stars, visits to radio and television studios, and program listings. The early years in the 1930s show the interaction of motion pictures, recordings, the stage, radio and even politics. The role of radio in World War II is well covered in the 1940s, and by the 1950s the focus shifts to television and a new generation of personalities. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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WINS newscaster Don Goddard is heard at 7 and 8:15 A.M. and Noon. He also moderates a teen-age forum. Curious visitors to the WINS newsroom often lean over the shoulder of Don Goddard, read the copy in his typewriter and ask, "About how long does it take to write a newscast?" Goddard's answer, delivered with a smile, is "Oh, about twenty years." And this Goddard believes. His news shows really started two decades ago. Goddard was a Princeton University sophomore studying for an engineering career. A secret yen for the fourth estate had its realization when he found his funds for junior year tuition somewhat lacking. He went to the old New York World as a copy boy. An educational edge over his fellows soon promoted Don to general assignments. Princeton had not taught him to type; he learned alone in the newsroom. After working for awhile, he approached the paper with a request: he was going to Europe to marry the daughter of the consul-general in Belgium; would the World let him write a few articles while he was there? The World, like the young lady, said yes. When the World died in 1931, Goddard moved to the new World-Telegram. A year later he fulfilled a newspaperman's dream; he founded a weekly, in Homer, N..Y. Returning to New York in 1937, Goddard was approached by Abe Schechter who was starting a radio newsroom. Don became the first radio news editor in New York when he accepted a post at NBC. Don grew up with radio news, gradually taking over the 7:30 and noon news slots on WJZ and building them into listener habits. He covered special events, on one occasion stowing himself away in a hearse in order to slip into Lakehurst, N. J. and cover the Hindenburg disaster. WINS called Don in 1946 and his three years on the New York independent have been a record of solid building. GODDARD off-guard Don and his family: Susan, 14; Donald, 15 and Mrs. G. Another child, Marilu, is freshman at the University of Vermont.